Safety device for shotguns.



j. H. WESSON- SAFETY DEVICE F08 SHOTCUNS. APPLICATION FILED DEC 29 I916Patented DBO. 11,1917.

INVENTOR By Attorneys, @m/AM.QW*W

' naiastefl To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPHH. WEssoN,

a citizeniof the United States'ofiAmerica,

residingin-"Springfield, in the county of b ql-lampdenand stateof--Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improve whichthe followingis a specification.

This invention" provides an 1 improved [310 Safety device or triggerlock for shot guns,

,particularlythose ofthe hammerless repeatinvention relates to thatclass of'safety de- The vices inwhich the trigger is locked by meansofka; pin projecting behind it which in turn isglocked by a movablepiece which "is set i 3? by the operator to either a safety or a firinga position. i

Q j qf According to this invention the locking is 1n the form of a ringpiece which locks or releases the locking pin having a rotary oroscillato y move e and located in a plane transverse to the ar i'Preferably be i tween the stock andbreech portion thereof; The inventionin its preferred embodiment isfshown in-the accompanying drawings, 1n

Figure 1 is a fragmentaryside elevation,

partly in vertical mid-section, showing the trigger locked Fig. 2 is asimilar view, showing the parts i inythe unlocked position and with thetrigger drawn back in the act of firing.

. Figs. 3, as a showing the lock in the firing position and i Fig. 4.111the safety position, while Fig. 5

usual trigger a C is the stock, j is shown. D is the fastening shankpro- 0 4 and 5are*transverse views in the plane of the line 3-4-in Fig.1,Fig. 3

shows it removed.

Fig-.16. shows the front of the stock, looking rearwardly. 7 is afragment of the front end of the stock, partly in section.

. Figs. 8 and 9 show the safety piece or ring in edge and face viewsrespectively.

In the drawings, A designates the frame or breech case of the gun formedwith the guard; B is the trigger, and of which only the front partjecting rearwardly from the breech-case and entering the stock andreceiving a screw 1 i known manner.

side atang a y a recess b in the stock; through this tang I x I theconstruction shown passes a screw 0 for securely attaching the latter inthe well The frame has on its under which projects rearwardly into "1,1airmen- 10 roasrioreunsf Inents in Safety Devices for Shotguns, of

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l Specification of Letters Patent. Decp11, 191% a licationfiledDec'ember 29,1916. Seria1No.139,543.

entering the shank .D. E-is the lockinglpin WhlCl]. passes obliquelythrough the lower part of the breech case and trigger guard, its lowerend coming behind the trigger to block the firingmovement of the latterwhen thepin is locked, as shown in Fig. 1.

Theupper end of the lockingpin E comes beneath the locking pieceF whichis shown separately in Figs. 8 and 9. This locking piece is in the formof a ring and enters an annular groove 03 formed preferably at theJunction of the breech-caseand stock, the

groove. being preferably in the breech-case, as shown inFig. 5. v Thering F. has a thumb-piece f on its upper side, the top surface of whichis preferably roughened for engagement by the thumb. Thisthumbpiece'projects upthrough a widened recesse:

above the annular grooved, the recess 6 belIlg wlde enough to enable thethumb-piece to move to right or left to the extent shown in Figs. 3 and4, and the roughened head projecting laterally preferably enough so thatin either position it covers the recess, as shown. The upper end of thelocking pin E comes against the under side of the ring F. The ringhas anotch g which in one position of the ring stands directly above theupper end of the pin, so that the latter may be pushedup-Yinto it infiring, this being the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3." In the otherposition of the ring a blank or unnotched portion h i (Fig. 9) stands inline with thepin sothat when an effort is made to pull the trigger-,thepin is pushed up against this blank portion which forms a solidabutment, and thereby prevents the- 1 pulling of the trigger. This isthe position shown in Figs. 1 and 4. The pin is preferably formed with ahead i at its upper end,

whereby it is widened to the full width of safety position one of thesenotches coincides with thelocking pin and the latter enters it so as toresist displacement of the ring, and hold it securely in either positionto stock,

the locking pin showiiihseetieli is pii r the m fiitypositienv; I

the recess other than the one which it is 2. A fi re arm'eomprising aframe and trig- "locking-pin inthe frame behind the pin, jis s een andthe front. of the housi'ii'gj trigger, and an annular safety lock shaped50 t ffPhestock iszsho'wn as havinga'h' annular to" peimlti'the'movement of the? to the I rib' or tongue projectingl-forwardi to enterj-ring poSition al lglgtqform'a solid abutment I the gI'OOVe d (Fig. 5),the rib being of less blocking its movement in the safety p0si This isClear from Figs '3 andt where: j is 'and' forming a sOlldabutmentblocking the projeetiomthair thedeptli ofitfie groom; sot as t10n.

t0r-.1eave.:.1:0omfforithe' ringiibetweemg z:3:A'fii'earmzeflmprisinglai framerand trig- I The; impnovedusafety?loek is intended; to genial: locking-,pih: behind-f the triggenend 'beopemtedby thethumb ot'the-night hand a; locking.- ring ,above-the-- Pi,1ih&- g;-. a. andioperateshw awtmnsversemotionyheingthumbz-rpieeeprojecting tQtheextefibr and.

15 pulled fiothe fightfon safety/rob pusheditb V movable-to; safety .0gi,.]9 i nS ,the

the 1eft;fo1 -"fi1;ing..- Thesemanipulations'are "ningi haying a notchpermitting movement 6O ma'de- .vv21th. the utmost easer,..andtwhilerfgrasps of the. pm? toithe firingggositiom and forming 1,1the: gun in thenaturaLpositionWithz-the atS01id&b11b1116I1t;b1OGk111gitSmOvement jn index finger-against theztri gger neadymfozg thesafetyposition;

decided:advantageoveltthose'forms at safety ger; a lookinga pindn theframebehind the ,lockwhich;arezlocatedj forward ii'the triggentri'ggela;- and: a; locking;ring-movablefimen or in; the tni'ggerlFguardend heneath'ixthe annulan-groove in th frame: enti hayingya-breech.-fcase;. an'da-whiclu cannot he;iojperateul thumbrpieceiprojqingfto the -top of the arm.

25 whilei-theyindexfihgersisgwithin the tnig gelz 5. A,:finearm1eomp;smgeframe'end teig gua zdi-op-hagainstlhe tnigger. JFhegneW; gem-,2,lockingigpiniin -the ,frame-hehin(1 ;the -sadiety demise;opeuatesvmol e;expeditiously tlugger, an aunuler safety lock ahove -the -fand smote:readilyeandiqhy,leiz'morematural p11 and; a: yle'ldmgg catch engagmg'said' I movementmT-he constnuction; is simple safeu ialQeki tohhOld itin itherthei 10ked- V 80 readily lendsitseltztoitheexistingeonstmm or;fifing-position; I i J q I tionafofsarmsz ofithisitype.

, v 6;: A! firearm; comprising; at, stock -frame V The invention; isnot;necessarily 'limitedzin' and trigger -the stock detachable tromtheits-rrapplicationu to ShQtz gunsiasa' it'l might bie frame andflsafety-'leekingmeaps engaging;-

applied. toother formsof; hand firearms: irt lggfi 'zse ndk: QQIHPB glQQ iBg R '85 1, The invention: iSRIiOt limited; tor-thenpi'emountedwinjatramsieizseplane between the v 40 L" Afi'reanmteomprising'. ah-stoek j-fi'eme- Witnesses.

cise details-setilforth as;theseimaiyfbeqvalgied' frame and stock,end'exposed by the detach: withoutdepartingz fromtheiscopejofithedm mg;of, the stock. 7 W

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